What is a

soil profile?

Rocks and Soils

Steps to success
1) To understand a profile is.

2) To know the layers of Earth

underneath our feet.

3) To create and label a soil

profile.
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in the water?

Can you order these:

 Place your head in
A profile
this white is what
box and
something looks
draw around like
the
from the side.
shadow!
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it are 4 main
different
Topsoil would
to find
lookout!
like layers!
layers?
this:
Subsoil

Rocky soil

Bedrock

So what´s a soil profile?

 1) Label the sections 2) Complete these
First thing of your soil profile explanations:
with these parts:
1) Topsoil is ……………….. and full of
• Rocky Soil …………………………
• Subsoil 2) Subsoil is ………………. coloured
• Bedrock and ………………………………….
• Topsoil 3) Rocky Soil has pieces of
……………… that are breaking down
and is starting to become soil.
4) Bedrock is ………………. Rock.

- Rock - Light - Dark - Solid

- Rotting plants - less fertile

 1) Fill your bottle with the
correct rocks and soils to
make each layer.
2) Label each layer using
marsking tape.

Your Task
Above the topsoil is a
layer called ´litter´
Question
Question 1: 3:
2:
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for
the soil
happen towhen
´litter´
this
living
stuffthings
layer?
on top?die?